Lynn Novick
Lynn Novick | |
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| Novick in 2016 | |
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Lynn Novick is an American director and producer of documentary films, widely known for her work with Ken Burns.
Early life
[edit ]Novick was born in 1962, raised in New York City, and graduated from Horace Mann School in 1979.[1] She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with honors in American Studies.[2]
Career
[edit ]Novick was a research assistant at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History before beginning her film career as a production assistant at WNET, a public television station in Manhattan. She then worked on Bill Moyers' projects Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth and A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers before moving to Florentine Films in 1989 to work on Burns's 1990 series, The Civil War , as associate producer for post production.
In 1994, she produced Burns's nine-part series, Baseball , (1994) for which she received an Emmy Award. In 1998, she was director and producer (with Burns) of two-part biographical documentary, Frank Lloyd Wright , for which she received a Peabody Award. In 2001, Novick produced Burns’ 10-part series, Jazz.[2]
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Among her more recent collaborations with Burns have been The War (2007), Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010), and Prohibition (2011).[3] Her next collaboration was an 18-hour documentary film series, The Vietnam War , with Burns and Geoffrey Ward, which aired in September 2017.[4] In 2019, her four-part series College Behind Bars , was broadcast on PBS.[5]
On April 5, 2021, a three-episode, six-hour documentary, a recapitulation of Ernest Hemingway's life, labors, and loves, debuted on the Public Broadcasting System, co-produced and directed by Burns and Novick.[6]
In April, 2021, it was announced that Novick would be joining Meadowlark Media as a creative advisor.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Distinguished Achievement Award - Horace Mann School". www.horacemann.org. Retrieved 2020年01月22日.
- ^ a b "Lynn Novick - Ken Burns". Ken Burns. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Florentine Films Prohibition
- ^ Elizabeth Jensen (23 September 2011). "A Steady Presence Out of the Limelight". The New York Times .
- ^ "College Behind Bars". The Better Angels Society . The Better Angels Society. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ What to Watch on Monday: The start of Ken Burns’ ‘Hemingway’ documentary, News & Observer , Brooke Cain, April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
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